Tell South Dakota Lawmakers: Protect Free Speech on Campus!

South Dakota lawmakers could soon be ready to vote on House Bill 1087. This bill would protect free speech rights on college campuses.

The protection of First Amendment freedoms is necessary for maintaining a dynamic society open to new and challenging ideas. Public universities provide an open intellectual environment in which students can express their views, engage with differing ideas, and understand the benefit of constructive debate. HB 1087 ensures that this will happen.

Require each institution to report on free speech issues prior to the legislature’s appropriations process.

Enable individuals both on and off campus to fully understand how each university facilitates free expression by making public their guidelines.

Tell lawmakers to support HB 1087 and protect free speech rights on South Dakota’s college campuses!

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Dear Senator:

I’m writing to ask you to support House Bill 1087, which promotes and protects free speech on college campuses.

South Dakota’s college campuses offer the perfect environment for the free exchange of ideas. But when universities implement rules that limit students’ ability to offer diverse opinions, it often has a chilling effect and threatens rights granted by the First Amendment.

HB 1087 would ensure students and faculty are made fully aware of their First Amendment rights to free speech and free association. It would also ensure that university speech policies in South Dakota are compliant with Supreme Court precedent.

Social progress can’t happen without free expression. Diversity takes courage, and our state policies should encourage it — not restrict it. I ask you to vote in favor of HB 1087 and protect free speech on college campuses.

Sincerely,

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South Dakota lawmakers could soon be ready to vote on House Bill 1087. This bill would protect free speech rights on college campuses.

The protection of First Amendment freedoms is necessary for maintaining a dynamic society open to new and challenging ideas. Public universities provide an open intellectual environment in which students can express their views, engage with differing ideas, and understand the benefit of constructive debate. HB 1087 ensures that this will happen.